How does anesthesia affect other organs?

How does anesthesia affect other organs?

Samuel Seelig (Anesthesiologist, Los Angeles, California) gives expert video advice on: What are the risks of general anesthesia?; Is it true that some people remain aware during surgery, despite anesthesia?; What is the safest method of anesthesia? and more...

In the past, many of the aesthetic agents adversely affected various organs in the body. Historically, halothane had an effect on the liver of some patients and the patients developed halothane hepatitis. Methoxyflourane, which is a gas that is no longer used, had renal toxicity - it affected the kidneys. The anaesthetic agents today are what I would call cleaner, not completely clean but cleaner than those in the past. And the side effects on the organ systems are minuscule and insignificant in the long term.